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Title: Heaven is a 'fairy story' says Stephen Hawking
Source: International Business Times
URL Source: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/146 ... story-says-stephen-hawking.htm
Published: May 16, 2011
Author: IBT
Post Date: 2011-05-16 22:19:39 by Flintlock
Keywords: Heysus, Fraud, Terrible, Lie
Views: 3205
Comments: 170

Heaven is a 'fairy story' says Stephen Hawking

Physicist Stephen Hawking has dismissed religion once again as he deemed heaven a "fairy story" aimed at appeasing those afraid of death.

The author of 1988 international best-seller "A Brief History of Time" said in an interview with The Guardian that his views were partly influenced by his battle with motor neuron disease.

"I have lived with the prospect of an early death for the last 49 years. I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first," he told the newspaper in an interview published on Monday.

"I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark."

Hawking's stance on religion has hardened since the publishing of his seminal work.

Previously, he wrote that the laws of physics meant it was simply not necessary to believe that God had intervened in the Big Bang.

He wrote in A Brief History ... "If we discover a complete theory, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason -- for then we should know the mind of God."

In his 2010 book, "The Grand Design" he said the 1992 discovery of a planet orbiting another star other than the Sun helped deconstruct the view of the father of physics Isaac Newton that the universe could not have arisen out of chaos but was created by God.

"That makes the coincidences of our planetary conditions -- the single Sun, the lucky combination of Earth-Sun distance and solar mass, far less remarkable, and far less compelling evidence that the Earth was carefully designed just to please us human beings," he writes.

Since 1974, the scientist has worked on marrying the two cornerstones of modern physics -- Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, which concerns gravity and large-scale phenomena, and quantum theory, which covers subatomic particles.

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IMO, Religion is nothing more than a control system to keep the sheeple on the reservation......Stephen Hawking agrees. Not bad company to have on an idea.

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#84. To: Flintlock (#0) (Edited)

"I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark."

There is a great variety of illogic and unsupported assertions and assumptions to be found in this statement.

1. It assumes without foundation of proof or logic that sentience is purely a function of biology.

2. From that premise we get again, without benefit of proof or logic, the assumption that sentience and awareness lie within the physical brain.

3. Also implied is that matter organizes itself without benefit of sentience into sentience. In other words the universe created itself and in turn life, awareness, and existence are all functions of the random interaction of chemicals which came from some undesignated source, organized themselves without benefit of awareness or intelligence, and wa-la fucking magic - IT LIVES!

Original_Intent  posted on  2011-05-17   14:01:50 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#89. To: Original_Intent (#84)

3. Also implied is that matter organizes itself without benefit of sentience into sentience. In other words the universe created itself and in turn life, awareness, and existence are all functions of the random interaction of chemicals which came from some undesignated source, organized themselves without benefit of awareness or intelligence, and wa-la fucking magic - IT LIVES!

Unlike Hawking you fail to grasp the size of the universe.

Infinite galaxies, producing infinite planets will produce infinite Earth type planets where life can evolve.

Note to thumpers: - There is irrefutable proof that extraterrestrial intelligent beings exist that are vastly superior to us. Did your "god" make them too?

Flintlock  posted on  2011-05-17   15:35:50 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#104. To: Flintlock (#89)

Unlike Hawking you fail to grasp the size of the universe.

And you base that assertion upon what?

Have I ever said the physical universe was not vast in extent? NO.

In fact I have even entered into the argument that universe in which we currently exist is not the only universe.

Infinite galaxies, producing infinite planets will produce infinite Earth type planets where life can evolve.

And you know that there are infinite i.e., numbers without bound, galaxies how?

And how does simple quantity of matter beget life? Simply saying the universe is of great extent does not answer that fundamental question, and when you assert it does you are arguing from the authority of your own personal dogma.

Note to thumpers: - There is irrefutable proof that extraterrestrial intelligent beings exist that are vastly superior to us. Did your "god" make them too?

Superior in what way? And what do you mean by superior? Simple technology?

Morally?

Intellectually?

Spiritually?

You are offering assertions but no reason why anyone should accept them for anything more than the comments of someone who is hostile to the subject of religion. Certainly you offer no more basis to accept them as valid than that which is offered up by some backwoods hustler in a black Frock Coat.

Original_Intent  posted on  2011-05-17   18:49:50 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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#113. To: Original_Intent (#104)

And you base that assertion upon what?

That Hawking is the most qualified person on this planet, and the rest of us are unable to comprehend the universe as he does.

And you know that there are infinite i.e., numbers without bound, galaxies how?

A quick look at most Hubble photos show billions of galaxies....that's how. To me with my puny earthling brain, that's infinite.

And how does simple quantity of matter beget life? Simply saying the universe is of great extent does not answer that fundamental question, and when you assert it does you are arguing from the authority of your own personal dogma.

Dogma? You're kidding, right. The shear mathematics make life on other planets a guaranteed event.

Superior in what way? And what do you mean by superior? Simple technology?

All that matters is the technology. Were the Spanish superior morally to the Indians they tortured to convert to Heysus? It doesn't matter, they had superior technology in the form of guns and steel swords and we able to impose their will with impunity.

You are offering assertions but no reason why anyone should accept them for anything more than the comments of someone who is hostile to the subject of religion.

Believe what you wish, I'm not here to convert you to anything.

Don't forget to tithe, Heysus needs money

Flintlock  posted on  2011-05-17 21:09:22 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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